Title

Alone Together: Why "Incentivization" Fails as an Account of Institutional Facts

Authors

Authors

W. Butchard;R. D'Amico

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Philos. Soc. Sci.

Keywords

collective intentions; institutions; construction; social reality; Searle; REALITY; Ethics; Philosophy

Abstract

In two articles, Smits, Buekens, and du Plessis have argued that John Searle's account of institutional facts suffers serious flaws and should be replaced with a reductive account they call incentivization. We argue against their view in two ways. First, the specific flaws they find in Searle are based on misunderstandings. Second, incentivization, as they present it, fails as a reduction of strict collective actions and, thus, cannot account for institutional facts such as money or property.

Journal Title

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volume

45

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

315

Last Page

330

WOS Identifier

WOS:000354562900002

ISSN

0048-3931

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